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Inspiration

Punk and Progress - Why Rebellion Fosters Innovation

In the annals of cultural history, Punk stands as a testament to the power of rebellion and defiance. Emerging in the 1970s as a raw, unapologetic response to the stifling conservatism of the time, Punk music, fashion, and ethos shattered norms,...

Posted by: Marc Posch
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Features

A Brief History of Diversity in Advertising #DiversityMonth

Adland has not always been known as the bastion of diversity and inclusion it is today… mostly. Indeed, we only have to cast our minds back to the halcyon days of the Mad Men and the regrettable ads that now seem as outdated as blackface and...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Inspiration

When Branding, Politics & Capitalism Collide

We live in a dangerously divided world where politics, branding, and capitalism continue to collide. Fueled by social media’s immediacy, vast reach, and influence, and a society stoked by activism, we’ve never been more socially...

Posted by: Lysle Wickersham
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Inspiration

Smile Train Captures the Beauty in Every Smile | #BehindTheIdea

This October, Smile Train launched a campaign called ‘Beauty in Every Smile’, which looks to celebrate the beauty and diversity in smiles - following research which found that a third of people in the UK with a facial difference have been...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

The age of equality and diversity? Not quite…

By Rachel King, founder and EP, Parkview Creative March often feels like a month of transition. Winter slowly disappears behind us and feelings of hope and optimism are rekindled. There’s a renewed energy for change. March is also the month we...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Marilyn Stafford - A life in Photography

Marilyn Stafford is a pioneering American photographer and photojournalist, who celebrated her 96th birthday last year. Her career got off to an incredible start when she was asked to take stills of Albert Einstein in 1948 - at a time when...

Posted by: We Are Tilt
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Inspiration

Proving that Moonpig is more than just a card company | #BehindTheIdea

Moonpig, the UK’s leading online greeting card and gifting platform has created its latest advert featuring the Moonpiglets and this time they are promoting the wide range of gifts the brand offers. The campaign continues Moonpig's journey...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

#GettingToKnow the compassionate and curious Csaba Szabo

Csaba Szabo boasts more than fifteen years of experience in scaling global software and technology companies. The current Managing Director of the EMEA region at digital media company Integral Ad Science, he has also worked as VP at Shutterstock and...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Industry

Here's all the Gold Winners from Annual 2021!

Annual 2021 represented a milestone in the realm of creativity this year. Following nearly two years of Zoom calls, restrictions and social distancing, The Annual was a chance to celebrate and to showcase the best creativity has to offer, an occasion...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Industry

Black Minds Matter UK and the 21K donor challenge - #BehindTheIdea

With the stigma around mental health issues and vulnerability still alive here in the UK, we can only imagine how bad it can be as a member of an underrepresented community. Black Minds Matter UK set out to change that. With a campaign/challenge...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

The great humility of Tanya Brookfield, CEO of ELVIS - #AnnualSpotlight

Remember the Golden Goobilee? You should. It was the brilliant ad that enraged conservatives back in February, to the point that an anti-LGBT petition tried to stop it from circulating online. Obviously they failed, and the beauty of that ad remains...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Positive Perspectives from Latin America - #AnnualSpotlight

Last year, a communications agency from Latin America surprised us all across the board by being awarded the PR Agency of the Year prize in Annual 2020. One year later, and the energy of Sherlock Communications (also to be rendered as Sherlock Comms...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

How brands can survive in the age of cancel culture

Among the many fascinating terms originating from Gen Z and millennials, Cancel Culture is certainly an interesting one. It connects brands and influencers with the direct consequences of their actions, paving the way for an age of brand reputation...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

PR Trends set to change the rules in 2021

We've had Graphic Design Trends, Web Design Trends, Animation Trends and even Colour Trends for this groovy and newborn 2021. Truth is that there's plenty to be excited about for the next 12 months, despite of what these bleak beginnings may seem to...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Why the industry needs more diverse voices – With Sachini Imbuldeniya

"No one makes a difference in the world by playing it safe." Sachini Imbuldeniya didn't exactly have an easy or calm childhood. Growing up in one of the "roughest" council estates in London, she learned to look after herself quite quickly, with her...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Hygiene Poverty: Addressing the UK’s Hidden Crisis

2018 was the year of the side hustle. Perhaps you were genuinely inspired to expand your experience, get that idea off the ground, desperate to earn a second wage: we all had our motivations. I found my own side hustle, but my motivation was...

Posted by: Southpaw
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Leaders

Reviewing Cannes Lions 2019: Who won what and why?

Each year, after the Cannes Lions festival, thenetworkone takes a few days to reflect on the events and look for the key themes and patterns which emerge. Here is our take on Cannes 2019. At its heart, Cannes is an awards festival. A little like the...

Posted by: Julian Boulding
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Workshop

Top 5 copywriting tips from creative director Max Vinall

As a writer with nearly 30 years’ experience (currently creative director at Jellyfish, and Copywriting, Branding and Tone of Voice trainer), let me tell you one thing: The words matter. Whether you write for the web, social, TV, film, the...

Posted by: Max
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Features

Amnesty International - using creativity to change the world since 1961

Amnesty International, since its beginnings in 1961, has been the champion for human rights and justice in the streets, through letter writing and, most of all, through creativity. To mark our studiocrowd brief that searches for creative ideas to...

Posted by: Heather Deacon
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Leaders

Richard Curtis honoured with Cannes LionHeart award

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced that Richard Curtis will be honoured with the Cannes LionHeart Award in recognition of his continued and significant involvement in charitable initiatives that include Comic Relief,...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Airbnb launches Open Homes refugee housing platform

I've yet to have a bad experience in an Airbnb. Granted I might just have been lucky, but then the vast majority of my friends have shared equally positive experiences, so maybe they really do have an excellent vetting process (for balance, if anyone...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

Top 10 Ads of the Week

TMW Unlimited - Lynx TMW Unlimited has created a candid digital campaign for Lynx about what it means to be a man in 2017. The “Men In Progress” campaign comprises nine videos featuring a cross-section of British men talking honestly...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Cannes Lions 2016: Tuesday's Top Highlights

Whilst there were not quite as many award announcements at the fourth day of the 2016 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, the day certainly wasn't without its drama. Will Smith shares his thoughts on the state of marketing Hollywood A-list actor...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Top 5 Ads of the Week

J. Walter Thompson London - KitKat Crossy Road FOR REAL In a piece of advertising that will absolutely delight casual commuter gamers and probably annoy almost everyone else, J. Walter Thompson London has created a full-size real-life version of...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Gourmet Burger Kitchen release apology for anti-vegetarian campaign

Full disclosure here; I'm not a vegetarian and have no intention of ever becoming a vegetarian. Now that doesn't mean I am unfamiliar or unsympathetic with the plight of the average vegetarian, but it does mean that some of you might assume that this...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

Agency of the Week: BBH

Hijacking the CNN Republican debate to promote House of Cards On December 15, 2015, Netflix hijacked the Republican Candidate Presidential Debate on CNN in the US to build anticipation for the upcoming fourth season of “House of Cards,”...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Good Books - We Need To Talk About Alice

It is with great pleasure that we finally present to you Plenty’s highly-anticipated Good Books film, We Need to Talk About Alice. CLICK TO WATCH The award winning art & motion studio, represented by jelly London, created the energetic,...

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Leaders

Top 5 Ads of the Week

Crispin Porter + Bogusky - Turkish Airlines CP+B London has launched a new campaign for Turkish Airlines, starring football star Didier Drogba. “How Do You Make A Didier” condenses the busy life story of the former Chelsea striker into...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Plenty's new film 'We Need to Talk About Alice' supports Oxfam

We can finally reveal the exciting news that Jelly London’s award winning art & motion studio Plenty have had the honour of creating this year’s Good Books film in conjunction with the 150th Anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s...

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Leaders

A barbed wire piano commemorates Korean independence

The Korean Ministry of Unification has joined forces with Cheil Worldwide, the advertising arm of Samsung, to unveil the strangely beautiful “Piano of Unification,” a project which commemorates Korea’s 70th anniversary of liberation from...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

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